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| That's the gal'd walk through the rain and snow : for to ease that thing on me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Deceitful Brownskin Woman; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200652) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
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| So my best gal's gone : I got those redhot blues | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| You see your good looks didn't hold your man : a little black gal's loving stole your man away | Johnson, Lonnie; It Ain't What You Usta Be; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91342A) De7427 Sw S1225 |
| Hear me tipping : towards my good gal's yard | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| And my heart struck sorrow : when they called my good gal's name | Carr, Leroy; Eleven TwentyNine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164291) Vo03157 Bio BLPC9 |
| I'm going to ask that jailor : can I do my good gal's time myself | Carr, Leroy; Eleven TwentyNine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164291) Vo03157 Bio BLPC9 |
| Why these trifling gals : run after a good gal's man | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| Seem like I can hear : my good gal's voice in the air | Stevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2 |
| And I'm going to the Gypsy : have my good gal's fortune told | Stokes, Frank; Mistreatin' Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454191) Vi21672 Rt RL308 |
| My little gal's : from Illinois | Collins, Sam; Hesitation Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 17 Sept. 1927; (13033) Ge6379 OJL10 |
| Working on the project : my gal's spending all my dough | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working on the Project; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91164A) De7311 BC4 |
| I tore up : all my gal's good clothes | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| My gal's uptown : hollering who wants me | Fuller, Blind Boy; Piccolo Rag; New York, 5 Apr. 1938; (226771) OK06437 BC11 |
| My gal's got a new way : Lord spelling Tennessee | Harrison, Smoky; Iggly Oggly Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L801) Pm12920 Rt RL340 |
| My gal's a housemaid : and she earns a dollar a week | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Tin Cup Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (211981) Pm12756 Mil MLP2013 |
| My gal's got something : that I surely like | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Round and Round; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64732 ) Vi23256 Jo SM3104 |
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GAL*.............2
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| Lord when I come in : find my *good gal* gone | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); Mississippi Moan; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2011) Vo03166 Yz L1009 |
| *Went to my gal* : *on a Saturday night* | Bunn, Teddy; It's Sweet Like So; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597391) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
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GALE.............1
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| Oh the gale is raging : and my ship without a sail | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
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GALLON...........5
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| When I lay down at night : mama just a gallon out of sight | Big Bill (Broonzy); Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962321) BB B6230 Yz L1011 |
| About a gallon and a half of muddy water : I had drank | Estes, Sleepy John; Floating Bridge; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62465A) De7442 RBF RF8 |
| You get half a gallon of whiskey : you get on your big drunk | Ledbetter, Huddie; Packin' Trunk Blues; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166851) Ba33359 Rt RL315 |
| Get you half a gallon of whiskey : and get on you a big drunk | Ledbetter, Huddie; Match Box Blues; New York, 5 Feb. 1935; (168??? ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Ask me for a gallon : two dollars is all | Mason, Moses; Shrimp Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203023) Pm12605 Rt RL325 |
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GALLONS..........1
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| That's the way : ??? ten gallons goes | Davenport, Jed; Save Me Some; Memphis, 20 Oct. 1930; (MEM774) Vo1513 OJL19 |
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GALLOWS..........1
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| I want to tell you : the gallows Lord is a fearful sight | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Hangman's Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208162) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
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| Gals all call me : big bad Pete | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Freeze to Me Mama; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493452) Co14507D CC36 |
| That's where the boys and gals : do meet | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| So these corn liquor gals : know I ain't coming here no more | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| Because these nogood gals : trying to backbite me | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| Come on gals : run and kiss poor me | Blake, Blind; Come On Boys Let's Do that Messin' Around; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30612) Pm12413 Bio BLP12003 |
| Come on gals : bob it up and down | Blake, Blind; Come On Boys Let's Do that Messin' Around; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30612) Pm12413 Bio BLP12003 |
| They say I got something : the other gals ain't got | Florence, Nellie ; Jacksonville Blues ; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461741) Co14342D OJL6 |
| I mean to watch my man : don't care what these other gals say | Smith, Bessie; The Gin House Blues; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418203) Co14158D Co CL856 |
| The gals from the alley : slipping all around | Blake, Blind; Righteous Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1930; (L6481) Pm13035 Bio BLP12003 |
| All these gals now sweet mama : I said now setting out hooks for me | Petway, Robert; Catfish Blues; Chicago, 28 Mar. 1941; (0594761) BBB8838 Yz L1038 |
| To hold her man : when these gals have got so many different ways | Smith, Bessie; The Gin House Blues; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418203) Co14158D Co CL856 |
| Why these trifling gals : run after a good gal's man | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| Now hurry up here you gals : and get me a barrel | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| I'm going to make corn liquor : for to tickle you gals | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| A mighty bad sign : to advertise your gals | Fuller, Blind Boy; You've Got Something There; Memphis, 12 July 1939; (MEM1021) Vo05083 BC11 |
| Oh shake it yourself gals : put it on a juice | Bell, Anna; Shake It, Black Bottom; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (175 ) QRSR7009 His HLP21 |
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GAM*.............1
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| She will get your money : then *poor gam* at you | Dickson, Tom; Labor Blues; Memphis, 27 Feb. 1928; (400360A) OK8570 Yz L1008; |
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GAMBLE...........16
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| Always gamble and steal : and don't collect nothing from home | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); New Way of Living Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210282) Pm12752 Bio BLP12004 |
| I would drink good whiskey : and gamble all the time | Carr, Leroy; Hustler's Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164281) Vo03034 Co C30496 |
| Love will make amany man drink and gamble : and stay out all night long | Johnson, Lonnie; Laplegged Drunk Again; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63522A) De7537 Sw S1225 |
| And I got to get it back : with that money he gamble and make | Bogan, Lucille; Skin Game Blues; New York, 8 Mar. 1935; (170141) Ba33448 Rt RL317 |
| Says you know I'm going to gamble : because you know I gamble all the time | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| I am a rambling gambling man : I gamble in many towns | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
| I love to gamble : and gambling's all I do | Blake, Blind; Poker Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15248A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023 |
| Got a new mama : ain't going to gamble her away | Blake, Blind; Poker Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15248A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023 |
| I went to gamble in Cuba : I went to gamble in Spain | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| I went to gamble in Cuba : I went to gamble in Spain | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| When I come back I'm going to gamble : and sell moonshine all my life | Foster, Dessa; Tell It to the Judge No. 2; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7239?) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
| Every man tries to gamble : must have a losing day | Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| Because every time I start to gamble : I can't throw a thing but a three | Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| You don't know how to gamble : nothing else for you to do | Gibson, Clifford; Levee Camp Moan; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577542) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
| When a dumb man tries to gamble : he expects to lose | Gibson, Clifford; HardHeaded Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577552) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
| Says you know I'm going to gamble : because you know I gamble all the time | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
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| Gambled all over Missouri : gambled through Tennessee | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
| Says I gambled all over Missouri : gambled all through Spain | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
| Gambled all over Missouri : gambled through Tennessee | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
| I had a man : he gambled all the time | Memphis Minnie; Georgia Skin; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62540 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| I gambled away my money : and I gambled away my shack | Blake, Blind; Poker Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15248A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023 |
| I gambled away my money : and I gambled away my shack | Blake, Blind; Poker Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15248A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023 |
| Says I gambled all over Missouri : gambled all through Spain | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
| Says you know I gambled yesterday : and I gambled again today | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| Says you know I gambled yesterday : and I gambled again today | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
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GAMBLER..........7
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| He was one of the luckiest at cards : that a gambler have ever seen | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| It's the luckiest card : that a gambler have ever seen | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler can be | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| You know says I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler ought to be | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| Because each and every gambler : gets in hard luck sometimes | Memphis Minnie; Georgia Skin; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62540 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| I ain't no gambler : and I don't play no pool | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| I ain't no gambler : I don't play no pool | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
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| That church bell was beginning to tone : yes some other good gambler's gone | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); 80 Highway Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649211) BBB8927 BC7 |
| And I've had the blues : they call the gambler's dream | Thomas, Hociel; Gambler's Dream; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9471A) OK8289 Bio BLPC6 |
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GAMBLERS.........1
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| Don't you let no gamblers : be the ruin of you | Thomas, Hociel; Gambler's Dream; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9471A) OK8289 Bio BLPC6 |
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GAMBLES..........1
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| Men goes and gambles : lose all his change | Estes, Sleepy John; You Shouldn't Do That; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649161) BBB8915 BC7 |
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| She been sitting down : gambling with Buffalo Bill | Ledbetter, Huddie; Mr. Hughe's Town; New York, 5 Feb. 1935; (16808 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Been sitting down : gambling with Buffalo Bill | Ledbetter, Huddie; Mr. Hughe's Town; New York, 5 Feb. 1935; (16808 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| She was a *broad back middy* : and a gambling stomping whore | Alexander, Texas; CornBread Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81223A) OK8511 Rt RL315 |
| Well I'm going to get me a gambling woman : the last thing that I do | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034 |
| I'm going to get me a gambling woman : if the last thing that I do | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31 |
| I wouldn't allow snitching and agambling : people around my home | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| Yes I'm a gambling man : still gambling yet | Williams, Joe; Break 'Em On Down; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704871) BBB8969 BC21 |
| Now *ask you to* about gambling : play eleven seventeen and sixtyone | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
| Quit having liquor : and gambling too | Chatman, Bo; The Law Gonna Step on You; New York, 5 June 1931; (404935A) OK unissued Yz L1034 |
| I been drinking and gambling : barrelhousing all my days | Gibson, Clifford; Whiskey Moan Blues; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (483A) QRSR7087 Yz L1006 |
| I've been shooting craps and gambling : mama and I done got broke | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519051) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| I been shooting craps and gambling : good gal and I done got broke | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140362) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| Any kind of work : and gambling too | Thomas, Jesse Babyface; Blue Goose Blues; Dallas, 10 Aug. 1929; (553262) ViV38555 Yz L1032 |
| I wouldn't allow snitching and gambling : people around my home | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| I wouldn't start to drinking and gambling : I wouldn't run around | Washboard Sam; I Get the Blues at Bedtime; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (0746871) BB340710 RCA LPV577 |
| But gambling : is going to be our end | Wallace, Sippie; Jack O' Diamonds Blues; Chicago, 1 Mar. 1926; (9548A) OK8328 CC32 |
| Say my woman told me last night : she did not want no gambling man | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| I am a rambling gambling man : I gamble in many towns | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
| Yes I'm a gambling man : still gambling yet | Williams, Joe; Break 'Em On Down; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704871) BBB8969 BC21 |
| Now when a man gets to gambling : you know he's turning his stocks into feed | Estes, Sleepy John; Working Man Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649261) BBB8950 RBF RF8 |
| Say I just want to show you honey : just what gambling have done for me | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
